Life Admin Life Hacks

Get up to speed with the good, bad and ugly state of Mia and Dinah's life admin. Since Mia and Dinah have been writing their Life Admin Life Hacks book they have optimised their life admin processes even further. In this episode they bring you up to speed on their life admin systems with a focus on the foundational tools: password manager, cloud storage and dedicated email, scheduling, lists and b...

This episode will give you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for fuelling the admin for your car maintenance and repair . The average two-car household in Australia spends around $17,000 or 13-14% of their income per year on car-related costs, so keeping on top of all your car admin not only saves you money but also gives you peace of mind that your car is in good repair. In this episode Mia and Dinah dis...

  This episode will give you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for navigating Australia’s government payments and allowances . There are over 26 different payments and benefits available from Centrelink. Mia and Dinah talk about the 8 broad categories of payments available: families with children age pensions disability support carer support study-related support unemployment support crisis and speci...

  This episode will give you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for managing maintenance and repairs to your home. While completing home maintenance and repairs is not life admin, planning it, scheduling it, organising equipment and supplies and finding and engaging tradespeople are all squarely life admin tasks you have to do. Mia and Dinah start the ep by discussing how you can get motivated to tack...

This episode gives you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for reviewing your superannuation and related insurances. It’s easy to slip into a ‘set and forget’ mode for superannuation. Almost 70% of Australians don’t make an active choice and opt for their employer’s default superannuation fund plus there is more than $17 billion in lost super across 6 million accounts. Given that around 10% of your income i...

We interview Tracey Spicer, longtime broadcaster and recent NSW Premier's Woman of the Year, on how she and her partner organise and share their home life and careers. Tracey Spicer AM is a multiple Walkley Award-winning author, journalist and broadcaster who has anchored national programs and in 2018 was chosen as one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence . In 2019 she was n...

In this episode, we interview Anna Hacker, the host of the ‘What Happens When I Die?’ podcast, about digital estate planning.  Anna Hacker is the National Manager of Estate Planning in the Trustees Services arm of Australian Unity. She trained as a lawyer and is an accredited specialist in Wills & Estates.  She hosts the popular podcast “What Happens When I Die?” which explores the l...

In this episode we interview Carly Jacobs, host of the Poductivity podcast, about the little habits that support a big life. Carly Jacobs has written in the self-improvement space for well over a decade, and we talk to her about her experiments and habits related to life admin and household harmony. During the interview, we chat with Carly about: how completing her tax return as a teenager started...

Dinah and Mia interview frequent flyer expert , Daniel Sciberras, from PointHacks.com on the best way to earn and redeem points for maximum value as well as credit card features that help build your balance fastest. During the interview we chat with Daniel about: choosing which frequent flyer programs to belong to based on your own travel patterns understanding the value of your points based on ho...

  In this episode, we interview psychologist and host of the Potential Psychology podcast, Ellen Jackson . About Ellen Jackson Ellen Jackson is a psychologist, host of the Potential Psychology Podcast , internationally published writer, speaker, coach and consultant to organisations Australia-wide. Ellen has a personal passion for self-care and individual wellbeing to beat stress and help you...

In this episode we interview productivity and innovation expert,  Dr Amantha Imber, about how she manages her life admin. She gives us her top hacks on scheduling, to-do lists  and outsourcing This episode is the first in a series of interviews where we will be interviewing others to see how they tackle their life admin. About Dr Amantha Imber Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psycho...

This episode will give you the tops hacks to make your next move as harmonious as possible Moving house is on the list of life change events that stress people out. This year, due to covid-19 more of you may be moving or thinking about moving due to a change in income or for a tree/sea change as remote working becomes a more viable option for many.   Mia and Dinah talk about the four key phas...

This episode will talk you through the practical life admin issues you will need to address if you embark on the path of separating from your partner There have been media reports that the divorce rate is expected to spike due to COVID-19. Search engine data for divorce usually increases after Christmas and New Year, but Google has revealed that people are already considering their choices, which...

Mia and Dinah give you top hacks for planning for Christmas in the time of COVID-19 . They talk about how coronavirus will likely impact our plans for Christmas this year including:   budgets being impacted due to the job and income loss facing many families limits to numbers of people at indoor and outdoor parties and events unprecedented demand for online shopping and likely postage de...

This episode gives you top hacks for maximising the value of your pay TV and streaming services . There are more than 36 streaming platforms in Australia including Crunchyroll (Japanese anime and manga), GuideDoc (documentaries), Mubi (cult classics), Shudder (horror), CGood positive life-affirming), Acorn (mystery, drama and thrillers). If you like a particular genre see if there is a cheaper, de...

This episode will give you Mia and Dinah’s top hacks for sorting out your household insurances including house and contents insurance, landlord insurance and renters insurance It is easy to slip into a set and forget mode for house and contents insurance and let your policy tick along for years, but this is an area where an annual review is a must. The key considerations and hacks Mia and Dinah di...

This episode will help transform your smartphone into your biggest productivity weapon to make your life admin easier . Most Australians hang on to their smartphone for more than three years, so it's really worth your while to learn your phone’s features and install must-have apps to minimise and optimise your life admin. Mia and Dinah’s top hacks are: Clean up your home screen so that the apps yo...

This episode will give you all the hacks to ensure your pets are a stress reducer not a stress inducer Looking after a pet properly is a long term proposition. Cats and dogs live on average 10 human years and the responsibility of their welfare adds up over time. It's important to think about how to make it easier for yourself and use your life admin systems to share it with other members of your...

This episode will inspire you to find the small steps necessary to hack your life admin in challenging times. This episode addresses the challenges introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dilemma of feeling like extra time at home should lead to some major life admin overhauls versus the economic, emotional and physical impact of living in this limbo state. They acknowledge that the answer may...

  Find out how much life insurance cover you need and what to do if you need to get some more. This episode talks about how to find out how much cover you already have, how to estimate how much cover you need and how to get the best deal on insurance if you need to make some changes. Mia and Dinah discuss: four key types of insurance: Life Insurance, Total & Permanent Disability, Trauma C...

  This episode will help you understand your mobile phone bill and switch plans in under an hour! This episode talks about the paradox of choice when it comes to choosing from the more than 300 mobile phone plans available. Mia and Dinah talk about the things you need to consider including: Network reliability Network coverage  Value for money Contracts or Pay as You Go Phone included or...

Prioritise and plan your social life. This episode talks about some of the things you need to think about when you are organising your social life including: the value of social connection consciously organsing your social life prioritising how to spend your time to nurture your important friendships people priority vs event priority tools to help make organising your social life less of an admin...

Decide if you need a credit card and if so, choose the best one for your purchasing and payment habits. There are over 200 credit cards on offer in Australia, and this episode talks about how you can get the right credit card for you. Things to consider include: your spending habits your ability to pay off the outstanding balance each month your credit score the types of credit cards and benefits...

This episode will help you understand why you may need to help others with their life admin and some of the legal and practical considerations you need to consider if you take on that role. We consider some of the things you need to think about when you need to help someone else with their life admin, including: what the signs are or the events that may happen that trigger your need to assist some...

Deal with the admin generated by and organised for children, which starts as soon as you get pregnant and never seems to end. This episode talks about how you can address the many admin tasks you need to sort when you have kids, including: health  daycare, school and school holidays social life including birthday parties extracurricular activities decluttering their stuff - clothes, toys, boo...